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Week 1
Watching Hiroshima was honestly really difficult for me. I knew the movie would be sad because of its subject matter, but I wasn’t prepared for how emotional some of the scenes would be. There were moments when I could barely watch what was happening on screen. The scene that affected me the most was when […]
Week 1 – Gabriel Valdez(resubmitted)
The film “Hiroshima” by Hideo Sekigawa is a very dark film about how families were affected by the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, and how they dealt with their pain afterward. The actors performed well in the film, and you feel the pain that these people were experiencing. Using real survivors of the atomic blast […]
Week 1 – New World Order, US occupation and censorship, atomic fear – Jonathan Retamozo
After watching these films, I would say point blank, these movies were Japan’s only way to voice they’re opinions on the after math of world war 2. Of course the Japanese people’s souls were hurt because of what had happened, they suffered greatly and surrendered so they’re pride was hit as well. They weren’t allowed […]
Hiroshima, directed by Hideo Sekigawa
Despite this film only being an hour and 49 minutes long, it feels so much longer than that. After the introductory scenes, most of the film is pure horror and suffering. The scenes of Hiroshima after the bomb are images of Hell on Earth, with mountains of corpses becoming part of the scenery among the […]
Week 1 — Sean Morett
The film we watched this week portrayed a tragedy, one of the most horrible and atrocious recorded acts of human violence. It is so important to discuss these issues, as emphasized by Arata Osada’s Children of the A‑Bomb. These direct accounts, primary source material of the event, really show how horribly the innocent were affected by war. […]
Hiroshima (Chrissy)
This film was such a graphic closer look at human lives that were forever changed by the historic atomic bomb the USA dropped on people. I’d never seen the film before, but remember learning about this event in grade school. However, I remember it being taught to me in a way that felt so abstract […]
Week 1 response: Gaspar Critician
Hiroshima (Hideo Sekigawa, 1953), is a powerful movie that communicates in a great way the tragedy that occurred with atomic bombs in Japan during WWII. The first thing the movie does well is how the timeline is structured, it helps the pacing of the movie to change between the past and the present of the country, […]
Hirosima Response (Week 1)
Hiroshima is a war drama movie directed by Hideo Sekigawa, shot in a documentary style. It’s about the story of the people in Hiroshima (especially focused on the students, teachers, and their parents) and their lives after the atomic bomb on August 6th of 1945. It characterizes the post-war period. It connects neo-realism to reality […]
Week 1 Response: Lourdes Zamora
Hiroshima (Hideo Sekigawa, 1953) left me utterly devastated and depressed, which I believe could have been the intention. In my opinion, films on the subject of tragedy tend to have a sense of romanticization to them, which perhaps allows for a certain amount of comfort to be in between the audience and the film. This lets the […]
Week 1 — Paulo Ruiz
The movies we’ve watched directly address the issues that World War II effects have brought to Japanese society. The first movie clip we’ve watched shows how, despite the destruction from the war, there are still people hoping for the best. We can see the two main characters acting, singing, and dancing, creating a positive environment […]
